May 18, 2013
London 2012 Olympic Tournament preview: France

FRANCE
Fabien Causeur - Cholet Basket France reached the Olympic men's basketball tournament by making it to the EuroBasket 2011 title game. Head coach Vincent Collet hopes to lead France to its third Olympic medal; Les Blues conquered silver in London 1948 and Sydney 2000. Three-time NBA champion Tony Parker will be its main reference and floor general, controlling the game tempo and trying to use his experience and quickness. Nicolas Batum, who earned Euroleague weekly MVP honors twice last season, recent Caja Laboral signing Fabien Causeur and former and current Eurocup champions Nando De Colo and Mickael Gelabale are the main threats at the wings. Boris Diaw figures to be a key piece at power forward, while Ronny Turiaf, Valencia Basket big man Florent Pietrus and Kevin Seraphin are set to power the boards. If France plays under control through Parker, Batum and Diaw, an Olympic medal is by no means not be out of the question.
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Name
Pos.
Height
Born
Team 2011-12
4 SERAPHIN, KEVIN Center 206 1989 Washington Wizards (NBA)
5 BATUM, NICOLAS Forward 201 1988 Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)
6 CAUSEUR, FABIEN Guard 193 1987 Caja Laboral (Euroleague - Spain)
7 DIAWARA, YAKHOUBA Forward 200 1982 Cimberio Varese (Italy)
8 TRAORE, ALI Forward 205 1985 Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia)
9 PARKER, TONY Guard 188 1982 San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
10 BOKOLO, YANNICK Guard 188 1985 BCM Gravelines (France)
11 PIETRUS, FLORENT Forward 202 1981 Valencia Basket (Eurocup - Spain)
12 DE COLO, NANDO Guard 195 1987 San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
13 DIAW, BORIS Forward 203 1982 San Antonio Spurs (NBA)
14 TURIAF, RONNY Center 206 1983 Miami Heat (NBA)
15 GELABALE, MICKAEL Guard 200 1983 Khimki (Euroleague - Russia)
Head Coach: COLLET, VINCENT
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Euroleague.net
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